[He looks away, jaw tight emotion. It's been months since Duncan died but it still hurts sometimes, knowing he's gone. He hadn't been family truly but he'd been closer than anyone else had been to Alistair.
Clearing his throat he turns back to Mystique, offering in explanation-] My mentor was killed a while back. It wasn't easy to deal with at the time.
...I'm sorry about your brother.
[Whatever had happened between them, the feeling of loss was much the same and he knew how much that could hurt.]
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[He looks away, jaw tight emotion. It's been months since Duncan died but it still hurts sometimes, knowing he's gone. He hadn't been family truly but he'd been closer than anyone else had been to Alistair.
Clearing his throat he turns back to Mystique, offering in explanation-] My mentor was killed a while back. It wasn't easy to deal with at the time.
...I'm sorry about your brother.
[Whatever had happened between them, the feeling of loss was much the same and he knew how much that could hurt.]